Holi Hain.

"When the colours of Blood,

Splatter around the Globe.
Blisters marking the Memories,
Tasting like the bitter Gourd.
When hopelessness grabs Eternity,
Ill-beauty of Brains kills Sanity.
The Colours of Rainbow,
Be it Blue,
Green or Yellow.
Celebrates the Life that Creates all Burdens,
India cries with Colours of Love,
Celebrates Humanity with the World,
Turning the Black Smoke from the Rested Nozzles,
Into puffs of Pink, Red or Maroon.
Holi Comes every Year,
To touch us all...
In heart, mind or bosom.
Let's Celebrate Life for Once...
For its a rare Chance!"

by, Somnath Paul. 11/3/09.

Happy Holi.

Thought of Starting the Post # 263 with this small self composed Poetry. Today is Holi, or Festival of Colours as it known to most. It is celebrated in the true sense of making life colourful. With the yield of new crop from the fields and the common man getting the fuel to drive the coming days, Holi celebrates the notion of Colourful Life. Very few festivities in the World does celebrate Life. Starting from sadness to joy, each emotion of human beings can be described with colours! For example, Saint Valentine paints the World with Pink and Red on 14th Feb every year. Terrorists splatter red and brings the Black in many regions! Victory is celebrated with the joyous Yellow and so is fertility. Guests are welcomed with the Violet Gown, and saint hood is achieved with Saffron. A nuptial right is best tied in White, signalling the ability to wear any colour in coming years together, weathering every storm with Mr. Right beside! In Hindu Wedding the power of the red powder, called "SINDOOR" calls for the strenghth a husband delivers in his Life Partner.

Colour is everywhere. The Indians Celebrate this. Since the time of Mahabharat, Lord Krishna celebrated Holi in Mathura, whose tales are known by all Indians and thanks to ISKON, the words spread all over the world today! Rabindranath Tagore's Shanti-Niketan celebrates the Day as BasanthaUtsav, where a whole galore of Cultural Programmes take place starting from Rabindra Sangeet to Dramatisations and Troupe Dances. The Beauty of the Festival there is that the colour Yellow, the Colour of Joy smudges everybody's heart, body and soul!

( Basanta Utsav: http://lh3.ggpht.com/_8AAQdpidJA8/R_MDg_awtaI/AAAAAAAAAKo/jWtJsnI97SQ/basanta058.JPG )

Celebrate Life, for its very rare thing to find!